Townsville and surrounding regions offer a distinctive
experience along the Queensland Coast. Townsville is where the tropical
savannas meet the coast, and is both the southern gateway to the Wet Tropics
(Cromarty, Mt Elliot and Paluma) and at the City's Strand foreshore abuts
the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. In response to this Townsville
City Council has been progressively implementing a community based "Townsville
Ecotourism Strategy - 2000". This strategy supports developing ecotourism
opportunities for business; fostering regional cooperation and partnership;
and has included development of the Council's innovative, dynamic web
based Townsville Regional Natural Assets Database and State of Environment
Report 2003 (www.soe-townsville.org/ecotourism/).